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A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and AnalysisImaging and Photometry Software

A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis: Imaging and Photometry Software Chapter 8 8.1 Image Acquisition Software There are many excellent packages for controlling your camera and/or telescope, regardless whether you are automating your system. Here’s a small listing — Telescope Control MPO Connections (Bdw Publishing) TheSky (Software Bisque) Astronomer’s Control Panel (ACP - DC3 Dreams) Starry Night Pro (Space Software) Camera Control MPO Connections (Bdw Publishing) CCDSoft (Software Bisque) MaxIm DL (Diffraction Limited) AstroArt (MSB Software) Some programs provide the basics while others go all out and include scripting capabilities or can be scripted using Visual Basic or COM programming. The pro- gram you’re running and how you want to run it will dictate which software is right for you. 8.1.1 Ease of Use This is really the most important issue. I use the rule that says that the best pro- gram, for whatever use, is the one you like and use. It doesn’t matter if another program has more features. If they are difficult to learn and/or use or are not im- portant to you, then you’ll have wasted time and money and maybe even become discouraged enough to give up on lightcurve work entirely. On the other hand, you need to keep in mind that programmers are http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Springer New York
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006
ISBN
978-0-387-29365-3
Pages
99 –110
DOI
10.1007/0-387-33391-6_8
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Chapter 8 8.1 Image Acquisition Software There are many excellent packages for controlling your camera and/or telescope, regardless whether you are automating your system. Here’s a small listing — Telescope Control MPO Connections (Bdw Publishing) TheSky (Software Bisque) Astronomer’s Control Panel (ACP - DC3 Dreams) Starry Night Pro (Space Software) Camera Control MPO Connections (Bdw Publishing) CCDSoft (Software Bisque) MaxIm DL (Diffraction Limited) AstroArt (MSB Software) Some programs provide the basics while others go all out and include scripting capabilities or can be scripted using Visual Basic or COM programming. The pro- gram you’re running and how you want to run it will dictate which software is right for you. 8.1.1 Ease of Use This is really the most important issue. I use the rule that says that the best pro- gram, for whatever use, is the one you like and use. It doesn’t matter if another program has more features. If they are difficult to learn and/or use or are not im- portant to you, then you’ll have wasted time and money and maybe even become discouraged enough to give up on lightcurve work entirely. On the other hand, you need to keep in mind that programmers are

Published: Jan 1, 2006

Keywords: Period Analysis; Variable Star; Comparison Star; Julian Date; Full Automation

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